Ansley

BOTH CHICAGO and Orlando were without a player. The Magic were without Michael Ansley, who has an injury to his buttocks. The Bulls were without forward Stacey King, who had been suspended for one game for skipping a practice session without permission. Ansley should be able to play Friday and Saturday at Orlando Arena against Portland and Boston.King, a second-year forward unhappy with his lack of playing time, wasn't happy that he was not given a chance to play in the Bulls' double-overtime loss Sunday at Boston.

A security guard who's been arrested five times in eight years, accused of behaving like a cop, pleaded no contest in a Seminole County court to forcing his way into the home of a Winter Springs couple while armed and assaulting them. Bryan Ansley, 36, of Altamonte Springs, was sentenced to five years of probation Wednesday following his plea. He's already serving another five-year probationary sentence. That's a result of a 2012 conviction by a Seminole County jury for falsely imprisoning a woman and openly carrying a firearm.

Ansley, founder of the Microtel hotel chain, died Sunday in Rochester, N.Y. He was 48. The cause of death had not been determined by Tuesday. Ansley was president of Microtel Franchise and Development Corp. He came up with the idea for Microtels, hotels with rooms about half the size of conventional rooms, in 1986. He offered 12-by-9-foot rooms with a queen-size bed for between $20 and $30 a night. The company operates eight Microtels.

ORLANDO - UCF coachGeorge O'Learycontinues to deal with turnover on his staff. UCF defensive backs coach Derrick Ansley, who was hired in December, reportedly is moving on to coach defensive backs at Tennessee. The Knights and Volunteers have not officially announced Ansley's departure, but the Knoxville News reported the news citing anonymous sources. Ansley has been removed from the UCF Athletics website and his name reportedly was added to the roster of Tennessee coaches at the Volunteers' athletic complex.

Ansley, one of the first broadcast writers for The Associated Press, died Thursday in Maryville, Tenn., after a long illness. He was 73. Ansley worked as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal and for radio stations in Georgia and Florida before being hired by the AP as one of the first 25 people to write for its broadcast news service, which started in April 1941.

Michael Ansley doesn't worry anymore about how he plays.He worries more about how much he plays.''If I get minutes, I'll produce. I know that for sure,'' Ansley said confidently. ''When I get the chance, like I did tonight, I'll put up some numbers. My main concern is getting the chance. Right now, it's looking good.''Ansley, in his second NBA season, certainly has proved his point this week. In a 129-113 victory over Denver on Friday, he played just 14 minutes, but he had 13 points and five rebounds, providing a big spark in the second quarter.

It is understandable why Michael Ansley, second-year forward for the Orlando Magic, is eager to begin a four-game road trip starting tonight at Golden State.For him, every game represents a chance to continue his livelihood. When you are a reserve fighting to stay in the league, there isn't any such thing as calling in sick or skipping a practice.These days, with the season winding down, there is pressure for Ansley, who is in the last year of his contract and wonders where he will be next season.

IT ISN'T a big issue, but the Orlando Magic want second-round draft pick Michael Ansley to regain the concentration he had earlier in the season. Ansley's play has fallen off, and what is unfortunate for him is that his quality of play declined just after he acquired a new agent, Lance J. Luchnick. Luchnick began to talk about gaining a new contract for Ansley, who has one year left at about $200,000. The Magic want Ansley to focus his attention on playing.TIME FOR A TRIM?PRETTY SOON the Magic will have to begin making decisions on whether to trim the roster as team officials begin to look to next season.

Whether he was helping a patient in his chiropractic office or campaigning against fluoridating Apopka's water system, Dr. Harry "Doc" Ansley did it with gusto. "He was just very passionate about his causes, his work and his family," Ansley's daughter, Marcy Ansley Kowallis, said. "He truly cared about people and doing the right thing." Dr. Ansley, who was Apopka's first chiropractor, died Aug. 9. Ansley, of Longwood, was 79. Ansley was born in Oxford in Sumter County, attended Summerfield High School and enlisted in the Army soon after graduation.

Willie Ansley is a young man who thinks his time has come.Ansley, 19, Houston's top selection in the June 1988 amateur draft and the seventh pick overall, has joined 49 other aspiring Astros players in Florida Instructional League camp at Osceola County Stadium and Sports Complex.Ansley made the jump from Plainview (Texas) High School to Columbus of the Class AA Southern League in less than a year. A 6-foot-2, 195-pound center fielder, he hopes to have a kind of camp that will catapult him toward the field of his dreams - the Astrodome in Houston.

The girl was overweight and asked First Academy track and field coach Rick Bohner whether she could be part of the Royals to get exercise. He agreed, but practice after practice, the girl was only halfway through when the others were done. She finished most workouts alone. One Monday was different. Ansley Gebben — honored Tuesday night as the Sentinel's girls overall high school athlete of the year at the Varsity Sports Awards Show — ran to her teammate's side and completed the rest of that practice with her. "She didn't want to see anyone finish alone," Bohner said.

WINTER PARK -- Led by the strength of its distance program, Trinity Prep won the school's first boys state championship Friday night at the FHSAA Class 1A track and field meet at Showalter Field. The Saints took control with a sweep of the top three places in the 3,200 meters and pulled away from Tallahassee Maclay. That sweep, combined with a second-place finish by the 4 x 400 relay team in the meet's final event, gave Trinity Prep 73 points. Maclay finished with 56. "We were really a little concerned before the 3,200 meters," Trinity Prep coach Amanda Dean said.

Ansley Gebben's journey toward a possible Central Florida rarity began with a lean, a photo finish and a six-hundredths-of-a-second victory. At the 2008 Class 1A state meet, Gebben finished the 300-meter hurdles in 45.42 seconds, winning by that slim margin against Port St. Joe's Mariah Johnson. The First Academy senior will attempt to become the second area girls track athlete to win a state title in the same event four years in a row at Friday's 1A championships at Winter Park's Showalter Field.

With three state finishers returning, Wekiva will be one of Central Florida's top teams. Jacoy Hutto (800 meters) was a state runner-up at 2 minutes, 13.56 seconds, and Niaja Griffin (100, 11.84) and Carmelia Stewart (triple jump, 38 feet, 7 inches) took fourth at the 4A state meet in 2010. Ansley Gebben of the First Academy is a three-time state champion in the 300-meter hurdles, running a 43.5 seconds at the 1A state meet. She also was a region champ in the 100 hurdles and ran on the 4 x 400 relay team that was second at state.

Player of the Year Lauren Adkins, Sr., OH, Lake Howell The Buzz : North Carolina signee had 440 kills and 80 aces, becoming school's career leader in both categories. First team Ansley Gebben, Sr., OH, First Academy The Buzz : Led TFA to third consecutive 2A state title with 309 kills and 300 digs. Lindsey Owens, Soph., OH, Bishop Moore The Buzz : Finished with 370 kills to help Hornets reach 3A state semifinals. Kristin Faust, Sr., OH, Boone The Buzz : Played outstanding in postseason, ending with 371 kills to lead Braves to 6A final.

First Academy two-sport star Ansley Gebben has a challenging itinerary mapped. All except for when she's going to get some sleep. "I really haven't figured that part out yet," Gebben said. "I'll probably sleep on the plane the whole way back." Gebben, who owns four state track championships and has been on two volleyball state title teams, has can't-miss, conflicting events this weekend. So she is doing what multisport athletes in a year-round world do — squeezing everything but rest into a 24-hour cycle.

Raw. Unpolished. Hard-working. Talented.Each has been used to describe Orlando Magic rookie Michael Ansley, a 6-foot-7, 225-pound look-alike for Philadelphia's Charles Barkley. But for 12 minutes Wednesday night against Indiana, Ansley could easily have been mistaken for an All-Star.Sparking Orlando with 12 second-quarter points - seven coming in the final four minutes - Ansley came off the bench and asserted himself under the basket when the Magic needed it most. His effort helped turn a 31-25 deficit into a 56-53 halftime lead.

Clubhouse Confidential: And you thought Miami center Rony Seikaly was the opposing player most interested in taking on the Magic. Add Magic alumnus Michael Ansley to the list. Ansley, just called up by Philadelphia after averaging 34 points in the Continental league, is eager to show Orlando it made a mistake by releasing him last summer.In one game with the Birmingham Bandits, Ansley scored 55 points, and he scored 50 in another. Now he's again ready for the big time, he said, and ready to show what kind of player he could have been for the Magic.

A former security guard present during the fatal 2005 shooting of a black teen at a Sanford apartment complex was arrested Tuesday on charges of impersonating a police officer and acting as a security guard without a license. Bryan P. Ansley, 31, of Longwood was arrested about 2 a.m. at the Oasis Lounge in Pine Hills. He was wearing a badge that read "chief" and "metro enforcement," according to an arrest report, and was carrying a 9mm Glock handgun and a Taser on a law-enforcement duty belt.

SPOTLIGHT Montverde senior Chistelle Ndongo ended her track and field career with her best performance ever. Ndongo placed third in the shot put with a toss of 35 feet, 11 1/4 inches. The mark was a personal best for Ndongo, eclipsing her previous high of 35-5 earlier this season. QUOTE OF THE DAY "This year, we were just happy to be here. Next year, I'm winning first." -- seventh-grader Morgan Burney, one of three Lake Mary Prep athletes who made it to the state meet for the first time in school history.